OpenGL Extensions Guide

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OpenGL Extensions Guide is a reference for the extensions that OS X supports. The guide provides a short summary of each extension, a link to the official specification, availability information, and hardware renderer support. Availability refers to the version of the Mac OS that introduces the extension. Renderers is a list of the renderers that, at the time of the extension’s introduction in OS X, supported the extension. To get complete availability and renderer information for a particular extension, you should also consult OpenGL Capabilities. This multidimensional table lists extensions and parameter values by the OS X versions, renderers (graphics adaptors), and CPU hardware that supports each.

As the OpenGL specification evolves, it introduces more extensions that can you use to optimize performance or add cool effects to your OpenGL application. In addition to looking at the specification for an extension, you may want to consult the appropriate OpenGL specification that introduced that extension. Keep in mind that each version of the OpenGL specification modifies the previous one.